The Harbor Area Podcast

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I talk more about the bathhouse which is also known as The Plunge and that Dance Hall. I talk about the significance of both types of entertainment and the significance both played in the early days of The Pike. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about the City of Long Beach and brush lightly across its history as a seaside resort.  Support the show

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Send us Fan Mail Hey folks in part three, we're going to talk about Phineas spanning politics, how his family continued the family business. Catalina island and how the Banning's operated the island for nearly 30 decades. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hey folks this is episode 8. In this fourth and final episode, Michael Sanborn, and I reflect on what Phineas Banning would think of the modern day ports. We also talk about the museum, some of its latest installations. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail  Hey folks in this next episode Michael Sanborn and I talk about Phineas Banning serving in the United States military, building the Los Angeles railroad in just under one year, his work on the Los Angeles Harbor, and about Banning also running for the California state senate.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Michael Sanborn, the Director of the Banning Museum. We will dive into the life of Phineas Banning including his family structure, personality, and some of his early accomplishments which include the establishment of a transportation empire, including his stagecoach lines and ultimately a Railroad in Southern California.  Support the show

Send us Fan Mail I this episode I will talk about California in the late 1840s and 1850s - also known as the time of the gold rush.  You could consider this episode more of a tickler for episode five, where I will dive into the life of Phineas Banning the founder of Wilmington, California, his contributions to Wilmington and San Pedro, including the economy of goods movement. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I interview Ryan Blaney. He shares the role of the business improvement district, his love for San Pedro, and some of the latest projects that are underway which of course includes West Harbor.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the historical Ports O' Call Village in San Pedro, California and its modern rival, West Harbor. In this first part, I will dig into some interesting articles, I found online related to the development of the ports of call, its culmination, as well as its deterioration, which ultimately led to its demolition.   Support the show

Send us Fan Mail This episode is about the indigenous people of the Harbor Area and the Los Angeles region - the Tongva. In the first part of the episode, I present some very light research on the subject area. In the second part of the episode, I interview Isaac Michael Ybarra - a local artist, historian, and member of the Tongva community. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Hey folks, Welcome to the Harbor Area Podcast. I am your host, Joel Torrez. I moved to San Pedro in 2022. I am so fascinated by the Harbor area that I decided to create a podcast about the information I learn and share it with awesome listeners like you. This podcast is all about the Harbor area in Los Angeles, California.   Stay tuned! The first episode will publish on Monday 8/1...